Log-loader



(No Model.)

D. J. SALTSMAN.

LOG LOADER.

' No. 313,536. e nted Mar. 10,1885.

Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE.

DANIEL JAMES SALTSMAN, OF BREWVTON, ALABAMA.

LOG-LOADER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,536, dated March 10, 1885.

Application filed January 13, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL J. SALTSMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brewton, in the county of Escambia and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Devices for Rolling Logs onto the Carriage, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in log-rollers for saw-mills; and it consists in the combination of arms or levers that are pivoted in the logway adjacent to the carriage way and means for tilting said levers and rolling the log upon the carriage, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to provide a log-rollerthat is adapted to roll the log on the carriage, the tilting arms which roll the log on the carriage being afterward adapted to be tilted in a reverse position, so as to serve for the same purpose as that for which trip-blocks are commonly employed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section showing the tilting arms in position for rolling the log onto the carriage in solid lines, and in a reverse position with the short ends adapted to act as tripblocks in dotted lines.

A represents a suitable supporting-frame, on the upper side of which is placed the logway B, and by the side of the logway is the carriage-way O, on which the carriage D is moved back and forth by feed mechanism (not shown) such as is commonly employed for that purpose.

In between transverse beams E, which are secured across the logway, are placed the tilting arms F, which are pivoted upon bolts or shafts G, that pass through the arms on one side of the center of said arms, so as to provide said arms each with a long extremity, F, on one side of the pivots, away from the carriageway, and with the shorter extremity F which extends nearly to the carriageway. The upper sides of these arms are slightly curved or hollowed, as shown, and the extremities F are rounded, as at F. Metallic straps Fare secured on the upper sides of these arms, and are bent over the rounded ends and (No model.)

fastened, so as to protect the arms from being bruised and splintered by the logs.

In the frame A, below the logway, is journaled a shaft, H, to one end of which is fixed a miter friction-wheel, I. A shaft, J, is journaled in the frame on the same plane as the shaft H, and to this shaft are secured miter friction-wheels K L, which face each other. The shaft J is adapted to be. moved back and forth endwise in its bearings, and thus the wheels K L may be alternately brought to bear upon the wheel I, so as to cause the shaft to rotate in either direction, as said wheel I may be left out of contactwith either of the wheels K L and the shaft H permitted to remain stationary. A pulley, M, is attached to the shaft J as a means for actuating said shaft from any convenient power, and a lever, N, is fulcrumed to the frame, as at O, and connected to the end of the shaft J atits lower end, while the upper end of the lever is within easy reach of the operator, as shown. The lever N controls the shaft J and causes the movement of the shaft H to be reversed or suspended, as required. Ropes O are secured to the ends F of the arms, and are coiled around the shaft H and secured thereto, and ropes P are secured to the ends F of the arms, and are coiled around the shaft H in a reverse direction to the ropes O and secured to said shaft.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The log upon the logway is caused to roll upon the carriage, when the shaft H is rotated in one direction, by lowering the ends F and raising the ends F of the arms, as shown in solid lines in Fig. 2. When the motion of the shaft H is reversed, the ends F of the arms are raised, and these ends of the arms serve as trip-blocks, against which the log strikes when it is turned upon the carriage and caused to roll back upon the head-lolocks in the usual way.

' 1 am aware that log-rollers have been heretofore constructed with tilting arms pivoted in the logway for rolling the logs, and this, broadly, I disclaim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- '1. The combination of the logway, the carriageway, and the carriage with the arms F,

that are pivoted in the logway, said arms having the extensions F and, the shorter extensions F shaft H, which is journaled below the logway, and ropes O and P, which are attached to the extremities of the pivoted arms and coiled upon the shaft H in opposite directions, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination of the logway, the can riage-way, and the carriage with the arms F, that are pivoted in the logway, said arms having the extensions F and the shorter extensions F shaft H, which is journaled below the logway and provided with the miter- Wheel I, ropes O and P, which are attached to the extremities of the pivoted arms and coiled upon the shaft H in opposite directions, sliding shaft J, that is journaled at right angles to the shaft H, and having miter-wheels K and L and pulley M, and lever N, for operating the sliding shaft, for the purpose set forth, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have'hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL J AMES SALTSMAN.

\Vitnesses:

ANDREW HAROLD, GEORGE O. HAROLD. 

